the new channels remove the little accessibility warp once had for the everyday user 
 
as a new user, i can no longer join warp & simply cast in any topic of my interest…

now, on top of paying the registration fee, i must also (in most cases) pay a monthly channel subscription… 

no new users will deal with this; it was hard enough to get them past the $5 data fee 

the issues we’ve had with “cabals” & “it” crowds are now 10x more divisive & exclusionary & immediately work against new users

on top of these channel subscriptions adding friction, they force you to pay (in many cases) the /owner/ of the channel via their hypersub

now this owner may or may not have any experience or expertise in the channels topic at hand

more likely than not, they were just the first ones to want to talk about it on warp - it’s just an interest… so why make these people god?

it doesn’t matter if it’s a minimal cost, new users won’t pay 10-15 individual subscriptions to access channels of interest

1. Agree it’s hard for new users! But it’s always been hard for new users. We’re going to be adding “onboard directly to a channel” when joining Farcaster as the next big project for channels.

2. Channels as hashtags / topics did not work. We iterated for a year trying to make it work.

3. So we’re trying a new direction that is more like public group chats with a feed UX.

4. A reminder that casting in your home feed like Twitter is available to everyone.

I like 1.

why do you feel 2. Didn’t work?

I loved channels and it seems like so did most ppl

Bitcoin, /appreciation channel host, /stolenfromtwitte channel host

FID: 2211

1. Judgement “is this working?” — this is a lot of building consumer products. 

2. Channels without moderation required aggressive filtering which is frustrating for newer users. Moderation worked for some, but required a huge investment of time. 

3. Few people visited channel pages (proxy for both community and quality).

3. Is interesting. It’s true I didn’t scroll
Much through channels but enjoyed posting in them and seeing the channel posts pop up on my timeline. 

Good to know management take

I tried to go through channels occasionally but they were full of spam and no interesting info was findable.

It‘s a pity almost no (bigger) channel did solid moderation like a random telegram chat (5 community mods) or crypto project on discord (2 paid mods).

So, not sure how much we can derive from the existing data